In the age of post-modernism and the de-colonisation as well as the pick-up in the wave of immigration from the former colonies to the UK , Jean Rhys published a reaction to what she thought was the appalling treatment of Mr.Rochesters first wife as the mad woman living in the attic.The novel serves as a prequel to Jane Eyre.
His wife was said to be a creole from The Caribbean , most Creoles were of Slave and , in the main , Scottish descent , mainly dew to most of the plantations that produced Tobacco being run by Scottish owners or administrators because of the superior Scottish Banking System ( the advent of the concept of the overdraft which was not prevalent in England or elsewhere) which allowed Tobacco grown in the Caribbean and processed in Scotland to be the premium available quality , hence Scottish tobacco was seen as the highest top grade available , being re-exported to the Rich parts of continental Europe , creating the Glasgow Tobacco Lords that made most of Glasgows prosperous Landmarks we know today.
In this three part Novel Rhys gives the neglected woman in the attic Humanity , a life , dreams and aspirations.The unimportant "other" get a status with a voice to tell her stories and her history.
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